packsaddle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of packsaddle
First recorded in 1350–1400, packsaddle is from Middle English pakke saddil. See pack 1, saddle
Example Sentences
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Wrapped like a package, the bundle is tied with manty rope and lashed to each side of a Decker-style packsaddle.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2017
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The more civilised make up of canvass or "gunny bags" stuffed with hay and provided with cross bars, a rude packsaddle, which is admirably calculated to gall the animal's back.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
He pointed out a burly fellow in a shiny red shirtcloak, who was busy at chewing out one of the young men for the way he'd put a packsaddle on his beast.
From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Forty years later a man past middle-age, riding a horse and leading another, to whose packsaddle was fastened a box, went slowly along that old trail in Southern Idaho, now almost obliterated by many-footed Progress.
From Trail Tales by Gillilan, James David
Casey therefore traded his riding saddle for another packsaddle, and collected six coal-oil cans which he cleaned carefully.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
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